An Evening with Olafur Eliasson

ADMISSION:
This event is overbooked and advance tickets are not available at this time. However, there is a chance that tickets may become available on the night of the event due to no-shows and late cancellations. Any unclaimed tickets will be distributed to a standby line at the event check-in at 6:25 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you would like to try and attend the event, come on a standby basis and arrive at the start of check-in. Due to the popularity of this event, attending on standby is not guaranteed. Check-in will begin at 5:45 p.m. at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center Ballroom in the basement.

DESCRIPTION:
Encounter Olafur Eliasson, the environmentally concerned artist who brought icebergs to Paris. The Danish-Icelandic artist doesn’t limit himself to the confines of museums or galleries but engages the public sphere through architectural projects and interventions in civic space. His diverse works—in sculpture, painting, photography, film, and installations—have been exhibited around the world, from The Weather Project at Tate Modern to The New York City Waterfalls on NYC shorelines to Ice Watch, in which he installed a circle of icebergs in Paris during the 2015 conference on climate change. His Studio Olafur Eliasson, a laboratory for spatial research, encompasses some ninety craftsmen, technicians, architects, archivists, administrators, programmers, art historians, and cooks. In an illuminating evening, Eliasson will reflect on his art and the broad questions his works consider regarding emotion, physicality, and the future of our world.